05 Dec 2020
City Buyers Flock to Regional Queensland

Ray White

The Queensland office will open up nine amazing listed properties to the public so buyers can make a weekend of their house hunt. Ms Pain said the office had great success with rural farm and lifestyle property 'Rural Runs' over the past two years and are expecting similar results this year.

“The borders are open and the buyers are ready to move to Queensland, so timing just seemed to be right for another run,” Ms Pain said.

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“COVID has really changed our market and we have had a large increase in buyers looking in both the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane hinterland at properties.

 

“From the start, the enquiries have come from local, Western Australia, western NSW and western QLD buyers, while registered bidders on our auctions have come from as far as America and Singapore. We also received enquiries from the UK, producing multiple offers on properties and continued auction sales success.”

Ms Pain said rural and lifestyle properties in this market vary, as do the needs of those buyers looking for a lifestyle change.

“Today's buyers are looking for family opportunities to raise their children in a more rural area with appreciation of fresh, home grown fruit and vegetables from their own backyard,” she said.

“As a family business and personally growing up in western Queensland we understand the benefits of raising a family with such a wide range of opportunities from growing your own fruit and vegetables to running 100 or 200 head of cattle.”

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Meanwhile, Ms Pain said they have seen an influx of professional couples and southern buyers who just want to escape the city and the lock down or possible lock down situation.

 

“The ability to work from home has also opened our properties to more buyers as they don't have to commute to the city every day,” the Ray White Rural Dayboro | Eumundi Principal said.

“As for southern buyers, we hear them say, 'once we get out of lock down we just want to move to the Sunshine Coast.'

“They are often initially unfamiliar with the Dayboro, Ocean View and Mount Mee areas but we have been able to open up our Brisbane hinterland market to more of these types of buyers.”
Last year, the Ray White Rural Dayboro | Eumundi office held a 'Rural Run' over two weekends that attracted 88 potential buyers. This year Ms Pain believes enquiries and inspections will be similarly high.
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The standouts are expected to be 'Filemore' in Rush Creek (pictured second) which has a price guide of $2,200,000, 'The Orchard', Wamuran (pictured at top) which has been priced at $2,100,000 and 'Bidawa Farm'. Meanwhile, 'John's Farm(pictured third) and 'Blumson House' (pictured above) will be online auction highlights on December 18 at 10:30am.  Inspection times below.

 

Saturday, December 5, 2020:
9:30 to 10am – 'Bidawa Farm', 125 Bass Road, Campbells Pocket
10 to 10:30am – 1290 Mount Mee Road, Mount Mee
11 to 11:30am – 148A Ocean View Road, Ocean View
11:30am to 12pm – 181 Ocean View Road, Ocean View

Sunday, December 6, 2020:
9 to 9am – 'The Orchard', 55 McClintock Road, Wamuran
10 to 10:30am – 'Blumson House', 28 Jinibara Court, Ocean View
10 to 10:30am – 'John's Farm', 1495 Kenilworth Skyring Creek Road, Tuchekoi
11:30am to 12pm – 'Filemore', 1243 Dayboro Road, Rush Creek
11:30am to 12pm – 'Bendles Farm', 194 Connection Road, Glenview